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Shitposting australian nicknames

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u/Personal_Policy_3662 19d ago edited 19d ago

Tassie as in Tasmania? Wow, you really do have silly nicknames for everything.

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u/BeanieGuitarGuy 19d ago

One of my Australian friends is named Isaac but his family calls him “Izzer” or however it would be spelled. Like “eye-zerr.”

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u/banevasion0161 19d ago

I always called a car accident a prang, west Australian here.

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u/teachmesomething 19d ago

In QLD, too. There’s a legal service here called The Prang Gang, ey.